YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



knew; but all the little folks, cousins Elsie, 

 Roxanna, Theresa, and Joe, were clustered 

 on the front to see the sight, and papa and 

 mamma with them. 



On came the outriders, in their glittering 

 trappings; the great golden carriages, with 

 their mysterious occupants; next a grand 

 cavalcade, the great shining black Tartarian 

 steeds, the famous "trained horses" of 

 that day, prancing and rearing in the blare 

 of the martial music, glittering with gold 

 fringe and gold-broidered, purple velvet 

 trappings, as they champed, and nodded 

 their plumed heads. Then the children 

 held their breath, and a hush fell on the 

 crowd, as on came the mammoth cages. 

 Great noble-faced lions, too proud to cast a 

 glance of their kingly eyes on their biped 

 captors, rode by in silence profound; glossy 

 striped tigers glided noislessly back and 

 forth within their prison-houses, lashing 

 their tails in restless motion; mottled leop- 

 ards, fierce panthers, and wild-cats followed ; 

 then the tall, gentle, treetop-eating giraffes; 

 close behind ambled a cavalcade of the 

 tiniest, darlingest, little Shetland ponies, 

 with their waving manes. 



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